We’re going to take another step off my usual Travel Photography theme today. I decided not to sign up for any reading challenges this year, like I did last year. I knew it would be a failure and I have… Read More
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Vimy by Pierre Berton: Book Review
One month from today – April 9th, 2017 – will mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. I will be there in France, along with my aunt and about 20,000 of our closest friends, to mark the… Read More
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2016 Reading List: What I Read Last Year
This was a slow year for me in the reading department. I was super busy both and home and at work. But I read something – more than 16 books – and that’s more than a lot of people. I… Read More
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Vimy 100 Reading List
As we approach yet another important World War I battle centenary – Newfoundlanders at the Somme on 1st July, 1916 – I am looking ahead to another. It is, perhaps, one of – if not the – most famous. Next year, 9… Read More
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May 2016 Review
If I were to describe May in one word, I suppose it would have to be ‘cultural’. There was our last Symphony performance of the season, several museum trips, a live performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and the… Read More
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21 May 2016 – Yard Sale Haul
I don’t really get to go to that many yard sales because I don’t want to walk to them and it’s a bit expensive to just get on and off the bus all the time! Especially when, for the most… Read More
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April 2016 Review
It’s been quite a while since I posted a ‘Monthly Review’. I’m trying it out today because I thought it would be a good way to sum up my month, if only to myself, in a more visual way, when… Read More
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#tbt – Old Books
Originally posted 5 January 2011 on my, now defunct, Aurora’s Creative Corner blog. Pulling this out as a ‘Throwback Thursday’ contribution. One of my favourite things to do when I make it into the city is to visit the huge… Read More
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#tbt – For the Win by Cory Doctorow
Pulling out the newly recovered blog posts for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday. This book review was posted 14 December 2010. For the Win by Cory Doctorow Source: Borrowed from the library Started: October 2010 Finished: October 2010 What’s it about?: For the… Read More
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Travelling Shopping Haul – April 4th
So, I just got back from a weekend in Ottawa. I spent three days in the city, including going to a Garth Brooks concert, and only spent money on some (albeit expensive-ish) meals. That all changed as I began to… Read More
